Anthropic alternatives
Depot default for serious coding and production agents. Prefer Sonnet for cost/quality; reserve Opus for hard…
Overall 8.42 (curated_estimate, high) · score asOf 2026-10-19 · last reviewed 2026-10-19. This is not an Elo and not a live price board. Provider · JSON
Jobs: frontier-chat, coding-agent, long-context-agents, agent-tools, enterprise-llm, eu-sovereign-llm, multimodal, code-interpreter
| Provider | Why listed | Overall | Δ vs subject | asOf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Default when you want maximum capability and ecosystem glue. Multi-home critical paths behind OpenAI-compat… | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · frontier-chat, coding-agent, long-context-agents | 8.22high | -0.2 | 2026-09-14 |
| Google AI (Gemini) Best value frontier stack and multimodal king. Use Flash for high-volume agent loops; Pro when quality… | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · frontier-chat, long-context-agents, agent-tools | 8.43high | +0.01 | 2026-10-19 |
| Mistral AI Default EU-friendly LLM vendor. Pair with Mistral-hosted or self-host open weights when sovereignty matters. | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · coding-agent, eu-sovereign-llm, diff-aware-pr-review | 8.05high | -0.37 | 2026-09-14 |
| Amazon Bedrock Enterprise multi-model switchboard. Great when AWS is mandatory; mediocre when you just want the best Claude… | same_jtbd_pick, same_jtbd_runner · enterprise-llm, prompt-caching-optimization, hipaa-baa-llm | 7.75high | -0.67 | 2026-09-14 |
| E2B Depot default code sandbox for agents. Use for untrusted code; Daytona when you need persistent… | same_jtbd_pick · code-interpreter | 8.56high | +0.14 | 2026-09-14 |
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (DashScope) Catalog dashscope for Alibaba Model Studio / DashScope international Qwen. Complements Moonshot/MiniMax/Z.AI… | same_jtbd_runner · frontier-chat, coding-agent, multimodal | 7.86high | -0.56 | 2026-09-14 |
| MiniMax Primary indie-usable Chinese multimodal API alongside Moonshot. Prefer Anthropic/OpenAI for coding agents… | same_jtbd_runner · frontier-chat, coding-agent, multimodal | 7.83high | -0.59 | 2026-09-14 |
| Z.AI (Zhipu GLM) International GLM via z.ai — catalog zai, not a second Zhipu mainland-only SKU. Strong cheap/coding runner… | same_jtbd_runner · frontier-chat, coding-agent, multimodal | 7.79high | -0.63 | 2026-09-14 |
| Google Vertex AI Enterprise Gemini path. Use AI Studio for prototypes, Vertex when security review starts asking questions. | same_jtbd_runner · enterprise-llm, hipaa-baa-llm | 7.96high | -0.46 | 2026-09-14 |
| DeepSeek Unbeatable $/quality for many workloads — if your compliance team allows it. Otherwise host similar open… | same_jtbd_runner · coding-agent, diff-aware-pr-review | 7.95high | -0.47 | 2026-09-14 |
| Azure OpenAI Pick when IT already standardized on Azure and needs VNET/private endpoints. Otherwise go direct OpenAI and… | same_jtbd_runner · enterprise-llm, hipaa-baa-llm | 7.62high | -0.8 | 2026-09-14 |
| Modal Depot darling for Python agent backends and bursty GPU jobs. If you think in functions not VMs, start here. | same_jtbd_runner · code-interpreter | 8.44high | +0.02 | 2026-10-19 |
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